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The story begins with the description of a girl, amidst the crowded underground train platform, who is nervous yet excited to feel the vibrations of the approaching train. She was a deaf Scottish teenager who was going to attend her first day at the Royal Academy of Music in London. She wasn’t deaf since birth… Continue reading Summary of “The Sound of Music” Evelyn Glennie Listens to Sound without Hearing It: 2022
About the story: This story by Isaac Asimov is a futuristic interpretation of the advanced and technical mode of education some hundred years from now, when books and schools are just history. This story brings into limelight the insights of a child who is made to learn from a mechanical teacher in a virtual classroom and… Continue reading Summary of “The Fun They Had” by Isaac Asimov: 2022
Solved Short Question and Answer for “The Little Girl” by Katherine Mansfield 1. Why was the little girl afraid of her father? To the little girl, her father was a figure representing power and dominance. She was scared of him and considered him a figure to be avoided and feared. She feared him to such… Continue reading Solved Question and Answer for “The Little Girl” by Katherine Mansfield: 2022
Solved Short Question and Answer for “The Fun They Had” 1. Where was Margie’s school? Did she have classmates? Margie’s schoolroom was right next to her bedroom, where she was taught by the mechanical teacher. She did not have any classmates because she attended virtual classes and learnt from a mechanical teacher who taught her… Continue reading Solved Question and Answer for “The Fun They Had”: 2022
Solved Short Questions and Answers for “The Bond of Love” 1. How did the narrator find Bruno? When the narrator was passing through the sugarcane fields near Mysore, people, over there, where shooting and driving away the wild pigs from the fields. Suddenly, they saw a black sloth bear emerging out from the field. One… Continue reading Solved Questions and Answers for “The Bond of Love”: 2022
Solved Short Questions ‘Reach for the Top’ 1. Why was the ‘holy man’ who gave Santosh’s mother his blessings surprised? Santosh was born in a society where the birth of a son was considered a blessing. Assuming that every family wished to have a son, the ‘holy man’ gave his blessing to Santosh’s mother but… Continue reading “Reach for the Top” Solved Questions and Answers: 2022
Solved Short Questions A Truly Beautiful Mind 1. Why did Einstein leave the school in Munich? Einstein used to hate the schooling system in Munich and he protested against it. He often clashed with the teachers. He felt suffocated by the school authorities and the entire system and, finally, at the age of 15, he decided… Continue reading “A Truly Beautiful Mind” Solved Questions and Answers: 2022
The musical instrument pungi was banned by Aurangazeb in the royal residence because of its high-pitched unpleasant sound. But a barber of a family of professional musicians, who had access to the royal palace, took it upon himself to improve the tonal quality of the pungi. He selected a pipe with a natural hollow stem… Continue reading Summary of “The Sound of Music” The Shehnai of Bismillah Khan: 2022
We take you to a detailed list of solved questions and answers for the extract ‘The fun they had’. This includes short solved questions, reference to extract questions and long questions. Solved Short Questions: The Fun They Had 1. Where was Margie’s school? Did she have classmates? Margie’s schoolroom was right next to her bedroom, where… Continue reading The Fun They Had: Solved Question and Answers: 2022
This story by Isaac Asimov is a futuristic interpretation of the advanced and technical mode of education some hundred years from now when books and schools are just histories. This story brings into limelight the insights of a child who is made to learn from a mechanical teacher in a virtual classroom and her views… Continue reading Summary of “The Fun They Had” by Isaac Asimov: 2022
